Another car to consider next year if you want coupe looks blended with performance and economy - Alpina are putting the diesel from the 123D coupe in to the 3 seires coupe, twin turbos and 214bhp, 0- 60 6.0sec and 152 mph top speed, circa 34K, Mmmmm

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The Alpina coupe does look nice although it's 0-62mph onn 6.9 secs

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I stand corrected. Not bad considering I read the review a few weeks ago. The 3 series has really grown on me of late and the Alpina ticks alot of boxes.

My TTs remains on order and is due Sept/October but I have the option of declining if I change my mind after having lived with the reduced dimensions of the TT for a period of time.

(my deposit was transferred to my CTC for the TT as a regular customer)

The forums are an excellent source of info but we do all have to be careful we don't become too biased purely based on ownership there are a lot of really good other brands out there equally as good as our currently owned vehicles

The forums are an excellent source of info but we do all have to be careful we don't become too biased purely based on ownership there are a lot of really good other brands out there equally as good as our currently owned vehicles

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Well said! I definately agree.

Although having not owned an Audi for 14months I might not be the best person to comment especially as I've just bought the wife a new merc today.

J.

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Remove the runflat tyres but dont put a spare in!! I almost cant quite believe it!

Does your car have a hollow under the boot liner for a spare or do you have a dirty great wheel kicking around in the boot?

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I don't think it's a "clanger", because they're not alone in this practice.
My brother's Punto doesn't have runflats, but he doesn't have a spare wheel either.
He has the mousse/compressor option too.
I dare say it *must* work fine, I'm just not comfy with it, so I have taken the option of losing a bit of boot space and sticking a normal alloy/tyre in there instead.
No big deal, I hardly ever use the boot, and it's only a small alloy anyway.
For every old-fashioned/worried/paranoid owner like me, there's probably 10 that are quite happy with the mousse/compressor.

I don't think it's a "clanger", because they're not alone in this practice.
My brother's Punto doesn't have runflats, but he doesn't have a spare wheel either.
He has the mousse/compressor option too.
I dare say it *must* work fine, I'm just not comfy with it, so I have taken the option of losing a bit of boot space and sticking a normal alloy/tyre in there instead.
No big deal, I hardly ever use the boot, and it's only a small alloy anyway.
For every old-fashioned/worried/paranoid owner like me, there's probably 10 that are quite happy with the mousse/compressor.

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My old Clio 182 had no spare or space saver because the exhaust ran down the centre , it did have a can of "get me home " spray , but no compressor! thank god i never had to find out how it worked!

Maybe I shouldn't be so paranoid about the mousse/compressor.
It's just that the procedure looks complicated.
This is (roughly) the palavour.

Insert mousse connection A into compressor hose B.Connect compressor hose C into wheel valve.Switch on compressor until mousse bottle empty.Drive at approx 30mph for one mile.Stop the car and inflate the tyre to reduced pressure xx psi.Drive at no more than xx mph for xx miles.

Honestly, I'd rather just whack a smaller alloy on and sort the proper wheel out later!
It's a proper wheel and tyre I've got, so I can go as fast as I want for as far as I want, albeit with the car sitting at a slightly weird angle (16" alloy, instead of 19" )

I had an 8L S3, and currently have a A3 3.2Q with DSG. When I bought the A3, the new S3 hadn't been release yet, and I was a bit gutted when it was anounced. But I'm a total convert to DSG.

For me, a car has to have four seats on paper (company car allowance rules), all-wheel drive and an autobox (ideally DSG). So the TT-S ticks all the boxes, and the only comparable Porsche would be a Carrera 4S - way expensive!

You do see quite a number of Mk1 TTs on the road, but Mk2s are still quite rare in my experience, and I drive a lot of miles.

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